Whittenham Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Whittenham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittenham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England711:784,76142,668
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England571:427,63825,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Whittenham Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Whittenham Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Whittenham is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittenham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,047,559th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Whittenham reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 784,761. In England Whittenham is most frequent in: Hampshire, where 52 percent live, Hertfordshire, where 20 percent live and Surrey, where 8 percent live. Outside of England Whittenham occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Whittenham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whittenham has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 125 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whittenham
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